Toy airplane



Sept. 19, 1944. I e. w. ISGRIG 2,358,514

- TOY IRPLANE Filed Aug. 9, 1945' INVENIOR. GLENN W. ISGRIG Patented Sept. 19, 1944 a Isgrig, *Cincinna-ti 'oliimfassignor to I I v William (l woellner,.Gincinnathphio,

conformwith, ,the .outline of a prototype plane,

hatf end, suitable iin'dic'i'a denoted genb the immerals $11,118 ,and IB may be 'printe v otherwise .jprovided on "the sid'esof the ffll'seliageffor causing 1 i'tfto f resemble an :ac'tual 7 planetoy airplane "which is adapted to be suspended from a control member which in turn is adapted tobe held in the handof an operator;

A further object'of the'invention is to provide a device having the hereinabove described characteristics, whereinthe control member and plane are socorrelated'that the plane may be remotely controlled from said control member and caused to simulate various flying maneuvers, such as banking, diving, climbing, landing and taking oif.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a toy plane which is suspended, at three points, from a manually operable control member.

' These and other objects are attained by the means described'herein and as disclosed in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Main' wing lgl j comprisesia pair of integrally 'f oliinedbomplementary,:'portions 20, the overall length jofwhich is a jdir'nension in excess of the fovjeifall 'ilen'g'thoffthe. fuselage. pair 'of sli'ts 2 l "are provided, "one in each wing portion 28, said slits converging inwardly from the outer, or for- Fig. 1 is a plan view of a blank containing the various elements of the present device.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the plane and control members of Fig. 1 in an assembled relationship. I

As disclosed in Fig. l, the various component parts of the present device may be scored on or otherwise partially severed from a sheet of material, such as cardboard, or the like, for facilitating easy removal or separation of said parts from the sheet material without requiring the use of scissors, or other special tools.

The present device comprises, broadly speaking, a plane 6 and a plane control member I to which it is secured by meansof flexible members 8, as disclosed in Fig. 2.

The plane comprises a fuselage or body portion 1 0, a wing or main plane I I and a stabilizer plane 12. The fuselage may be provided with a centrally located, preferably arcuate, Wing receptive slit I4 of a length substantially equal to the width of wing H between points A and B at opposite. ends of median line 9. A stabilizer receptive slit l5 is provided adjacent the rear or tail end of the fuselage, said slit being of a length substantially equal to the distance between points C and.

D at opposite ends of median line 2| of stabilizer l2. A small hole or other opening is preferably provided through the fuselage at a location above and forwardly of slit I5.

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' *St'abiliz'er 12 "comprises a pair of .integrally formed complementary portions 23 disposed on opposite-sides of median line 2|. The forward edge 24 of the stabilizer is provided with a slot 25, whereas the rear edge 26 is provided with an indentation 21. I

Control member 1 comprises a hand grip portion 28, and a crossbar .32. The hand grip portion is provided, adjacent its forward end with a slit 29 extending inwardly from and at substantial right angles with upper edge 30. A second slit 3| extending inwardly and rearwardlyirom the upper edge is likewise provided.

Crossbar 32 is provided with a pair of slits 33 which converge inwardly from upper edge 34.

Lower edge 35 is provided with a short slit 36 located midway between the spaced ends 31' of the linear distance between hole I6 of the fuselage wing H into slit M of the fuselage, and then sliding the wing relative to the fuselage until by scoring or the like, in such a manner as to facilitate a clean severance of the elementsfrom the sheet material along their outer edges. The plane may be assembled by insertingthe tip of median line 9 is centered relative to the slit. In

a, similar manner stabilizer l2 may be introduced into slit l5 for centering the "median line 2| relativeto the'slit; It will be understood that slot 25. will engage opposite faces of the fuselage at the forward end of slit l5.

Three lengths of flexible material, such as' 5 string, thread, elastic, or the like, denoted generally by the numerals 8 may be secured at their upper ends to slits 3| and 33 of the control member, and at their lower ends to slits 39 and hole I6 of the plane for securing the plane in spaced 10 parallelism relative tothe control member. In this manner the plane is suspended from the control member, whereby movement of the con trol member will be transmitted through flex-r 32 is normally disposed in spaced parallelism with wing II.

It will be understood that; various modifications and changes may be made in the structural details of the device such as substituting a closed ended slot in hand grip member 28 in lieu of the open ended slit 29, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What'is'claimed is: 1; 'In a device of the class described, the combination of a toy plane including a,fuselage and a wing secured to and extending at substantial right angles therefrom, a control member subible members 8 to the plane. By way of example, stantially corresponding in shape with the shape if the control member be inclined downwardly and tilted about its longitudinal axis for loweringone end of crossbar 31, the nose of'theplanea;

will be lowered relative to the tail and one wing lating the flight of a planebanking while in a dive. V I I It will be observed that jithethree; point'su'spension of the'plane-from the .control member provides a positive yet flexible'connection where 2 5 l by the plane'maybe caused to simulate the arious flying maneuvers to which real pIanesaTe subjected. The flexible nature, of members'8 imparts a realistic air borne motion to th'eplane,

which though connected to the control'm'embe'r, 30

parallelism with fuselagelo, whereas crossbar 35 Y o'f the plane and including a hand grip portion and-a crossbar secured to and extending at substantial right angles therefrom, and flexible V means interconnecting said plane and control will be disposed lower than the other for simu i 20 member for suspending said plane in spaced parallelism from said member.

, 2. In a device of theclass describedQthecombination of a toy plane including a fuselage and a wing secured toand extending at substantial right angles therefrom, a control member ineluding a hand grip portion extending lengthwise of the fuselage, and a crossbar secured to'the hand grip portionand extending lengthwise of the Wing, and flexible means interconnecting said wings to said crossbar and th fuselage to said hand grip portion for providing-a three point suspension of said plane from said control member. r

. Gm. W. ISGRIG. 

